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The art or field of entertaining, especially that provided by performers.

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Culture; Popular culture

The common term given to a particular type or group of paintings, books, films or musk, distinguished from others by their specific style or content: eg Western films.

gospel music

Culture; Popular culture

A style of sacred singing which developed in the Protestant churches of black America; the main song is often freely improvised, and accompanied by a chorus of chanting and ...

haute

Culture; Popular culture

couture High-quality fashion; the clothes designed and made by couturiers.

hedonism

Culture; Popular culture

The doctrine that pleasure is the sole and the proper aim of human action.

high-tech

Culture; Popular culture

A movement in architecture and interior design dating from the 1970s, which employs industrial objects and imagery.

hillbilly music

Culture; Popular culture

The traditional songs (largely of European origin) of rural communities in the southern United States; first recorded in the 1920s, usually to the accompaniment of a banjo, fiddle ...

hippy

Culture; Popular culture

Colorfully dressed in flowing ethnic styles, this anti-establishment group in 1960s society succeeded the beatniks as rebels against middle-class values.